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“One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.”
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“The mold in which a key is made would be a strange thing, if you had never seen a key: and the key itself a strange thing if you had never seen a lock. Your soul has a curious shape because it is a hollow made to fit a particular swelling in the infinite contours of the divine substance, or a key to unlock one of the doors in the house with many mansions.
Your place in heaven will seem to be made for you and you alone, because you were made for it -- made for it stitch by stitch as a glove is made for a hand.”
― The Problem of Pain
Your place in heaven will seem to be made for you and you alone, because you were made for it -- made for it stitch by stitch as a glove is made for a hand.”
― The Problem of Pain
“Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.”
― The Problem of Pain
― The Problem of Pain
“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.”
― The Problem of Pain
― The Problem of Pain
“I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. ”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
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